St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-17
THE LATEST NEWS.
Events of Importance at Home
and Abroad

in the two so-called prohibition cases OF
Peter Mugler against the State OF Kansas
and in the case of the State of Kansas az alnst
Herman Ziebold and Others affirming the
Judgment of the lower court in the two Mug
Ter cases, and reversing the Judgment IN the
Zebold case. The effect of this opinion is to
declare valid the prohibition laws of the
State of Kansas One of the grounds of con-
tention, the justice said, was that as the brew
cries had been erected prior to the passage OF
The prohibition law, and as they were OF lit
tie use except for breweries, their property
was taken without due process OF law IN VI
olation of the constitution. But all property
under our form of government, he held, Is
subject to the obligation that it shall not be
used so as to injuriously affect the rights OF
the community and thereby become nul'
sance. The State of Kansas had right 10
prohibit the liquor traffic. 1t did not thereby
take away the property of the brewers. II
simply abated a nuisance. The property is
not taken away from its owners they are
only prohibited from using it for specific
purpose which the Legislature declared to be
injurious to the community.
The United States Supreme Court has rem
dered decision in the Virginia habeas cor
pus cases of Attorney General Ayers and
Commemorative Attorneys Scott and Nc
Cabe, who were imprisoned by order Of
Judge Bond, of the United States Circuit
Court, for disobeying restraining order for
bidding them to bring suits for the collection
of taxes in cases where tenders have been
made of tax receivable coupons cut from
State bonds. The Supreme Court holds that
the suit in which Judge Bond issued
the restraining order, although nomi-
nally a suit against individuals, is in
reality a suit against the State OF Flr-
sinia. and, as such, forbidden by the
eleventh amendment to the Federal constl-
tuition that the United States Circuit Court
had therefore no authority to entertain such
suit; that in so doing and in issuing re
straining order to prevent the officers OF the
state from discharging their duties under the
laws of the State, Judge Bond was acting
without constitutional warrant and that the
restraining order and all subsequent proceed
ings under it, including the arrest and i'm
lrisOnment of the petitioners, were illegal
and without authority. The court ordered
hat the petitioners attorney, General Ayers,
W
NcCabe be at once discharged.
The first session of the Fiftieth Congress
has opened In the Senate all the senators
we're sworn in including Mr.. Turpie, of In
lana. without objection, except Mr.. Faux
:er, of West Virginia, whose case was re-
terred by agreement, to the committee on
privileges and elections. A protest against
the admission of Mr.. Faulkner was presented
by Mr.. Lucas, his Democratic contestant. In
the House, John G. Carlisle was reelected
Speaker, and made speech dwelling upon
the imperative necessity of such moderate
and reasonable reduction of the tariff as
would guarantee the laboring people against
the effect Of financial depression and at the
same time not deprive them Of any part Of
the just rewards Of their TOLL The organ
izaton of the House was completed by the
election of the other officers nominated by
the Democratic caucus.
The Secretary of the Treasury has sent to
Congress the estimates of the appropriations
required for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1889. The total is S326, $50, 1888 which is ST.,
344999 more than the sum called for in the
estimates submitted last year. and SIG, $50
tons for the present fiscal year. The esti-
mates for 1889 are made up of the following
items: Legislative, So, 272 ILL executive,
SIS, $50, 765; judicial, 1922 200; foreign inter
course, 81, 947, 865; military, $25, 692, 574; ma
val, SCI ,348 O32; Indian affairs, S5,4SS, 697;
pensions, S76, 312, 400; public works, s30,-
061984; postal service, 81 ,403, 499; miscella-
neous, s26, 067, 1896; permanent and annual
appropriations, S115, $40, 799. There is an in
crease over last year in the estimates for the
executive, judicial, foreign intercourse, naval
establishment, pensions, public works and
miscellaneous, and a decrease in the esti-
mates for the legislative military establish
ment, Indian affairs, postal service and in
the permanent annual appropriations.
The superintendent of the dead letter bu-
reau has prepared with the approval of the
Postmaster General. circular to be sent to
all poStmasters, directing the enforcement of
section $50 of the postal laws and regula-
tons. This section makes it imperative upon
pOstmasters to advertise in a newspaper, or
post manuscript list, of nOn-delivered let
tiers. 1t also requires that charge and col
lection of one cent in all cases where letter
has been published whether the list has been
publishedin newspaper either gratuitously
or at one cent for each letter or less sum,
or whether the publication was merely by a
written list posted in some public place. In
all cases the postmaster is directed to affix
and cancel one-cent postage-due stamp as
evidence of its delivery. In postoffices other
than those of the free-delivery class the
postage-due stamp should not be affixed until
DE letter is delivered. This clause of the
postal laws, it is said, has not hitherto been
strictly enforced.
AT the annual meeting of the Pittsburg
and Connellsville railroad, better known as
the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, these officers were elected:
President, Samuel Spencer, Baltimore; sec
retary-treasurer and auditor, j. B. Washing
ton Pittsburg; directors, Robert Garrett,
Mendez Cohen, General Charles Webb. F.
II. Burns, Samuel Spencer, of Baltimore;
W. II. Koontz, of Somerset Pa John D.
Sully, General L. c. Fitzhugh, George A.
Berry, Thomas M. King, of Pittsburg. The
annual report showed the gross earnings to
be s2,599,o 73; working expenses, s., 5O4, $40.
Net earnings, in excess of last year. S16s, 1888.